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III. Tika Nipāta
I. Bāla Vagga
Sutta 1
Bhaya Sutta
Danger
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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[1.1][pts][bodh][upal] I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's monastery.
There he addressed the monks:
"Monks!"
"Yes, lord," the monks responded to him.
The Blessed One said,
"Monks, whatever dangers arise all arise from a fool, and not from a wise person.
Whatever disasters arise all arise from a fool, and not from a wise person.
Whatever troubles arise all arise from a fool, and not from a wise person.
"Just as a fire, released from a house of reeds or a house of grass, burns even gabled houses, plastered inside and out, draft-free, with close-fitting doors and windows shut against the wind; in the same way, whatever dangers arise all arise from a fool, and not from a wise person.
Whatever disasters arise all arise from a fool, and not from a wise person.
Whatever troubles arise all arise from a fool and not from a wise person.
"Thus, monks, a fool brings danger; a wise person brings no danger.
A fool brings disasters; a wise person brings no disasters.
A fool brings trouble; a wise person brings no trouble.
"There is no danger from a wise person.
There are no disasters from a wise person.
There is no trouble from a wise person.
"Thus, monks, you should train yourselves:
'We will avoid the three things that, endowed with which, one is to be recognized as a fool.[1]
We will undertake and maintain the three things that, endowed with which, one is to be recognized as a wise person.'
That's how you should train yourselves."
[1] In other words, we will bring no dangers, disasters, or trouble. For two other lists of a fool's three characteristics, see see AN 3:2 and AN 3:5.
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